Governing-valve mechanism for turbines.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

O. JUNGGREN. GOVERNING VALVE MEGHAN 0R TURBINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903. D MA ISM P w mm b wm W% Nwu H E N J PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

0. JUNGGREN. GOVERNING VALVE MECHANISM FOR TURBINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903. RENEWED M 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

OSCAR J UN GGREN, OF SOHENELTADY, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELELTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

GOVERNING-VALVE MECHANISM FOR TURBINES- Patented June 26, 1906.

Original application filed-August 26,1902, Serial No. 121,110. 'Divided and this application filed April 29, 1903. Renewed March 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR JUNGGREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectad county of Schenectady, State of New Yor have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Governing-Valve Mechanism for Turbines, of which the followis a specification.

-. e present invention is a division of my ppnding application, Serial No. 121,110, ed August 26, 1902, which division is made at the requirement of the United States Pat ent Oflice under the provisions of Rules 41 and 42..

For certain p oses it is desirable to provide an automatic valve which is controllable from a distance more or less great for connecting and disconnectinga source of fluidsupply from a consumption v device, and this with a minimum expenditure of energy. Such a valve is particularly useful in governing the admission of elastic fluid to a turbine, since by its use the load on the governor can be reduced to a My invention has for its object to improve the construction of valves of the above-mentned'type, and my improvements are directed more particularly toward the secondvalve and its actuating means which control the main valve, whereby all packings are mechanicall simplified. I l or a consideration of what I consider to be novel and my invention attention is called a'ry valve.

to the accompanying description and claims appgnded thereto.

' the accompoanying drawings, which diment of my invention,

2 is an enlar ed partialsection of the secon 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the secondary valve. Fig. 4 is an end view of the secondary valve, andFig. 5 is a section at right angles to that of Fig. 1 and on a smaller scale, of the valve-chest, .showa plurality of valves.

ach valve in the "present illustration is under the control of an electromagnet'25 and is independent as to its operation of every other valve in the same group. All of the main or nozzle valves similar in construction, a description of one of them willbe sufiicient. This sunilarity ofconstruction is 1906- Sorial No. 307,723.

to" seat it accurately.

are interchangeable and the cost of construction is greatly decreased. Moreover, the arrangement of a number of individual valves electrically operated or controlled for regulating the delivery of a body of fluid affords a great mechanical simplification.

' The casing is divided into two principal parts or chambers by-the partition 4. The upper part or chamber 5 is common to all of the main or nozzle valves, while the lower part is subdivided into a plurality of separate chambers or passages 6, each of which is cut into or out of service by a main valve. The division of the lower part of the casing into a plurality of independent chambers is best shown in Fig. 5, wherein 7 represents whi sections may lead to the devices that are be' controlled. In the presentillustration t e u per chamber'5 communicates with the ho er or other: source of supply, while the lower individual chambers are each connected with a nozzle or other passa e 8 for receiving and discharging motive flui The partition is bored out .to receive the sleeve 9, the latter being provided with a valve-receiving seat. The valve is provided with four projections 10,- which engage with the sleeve 9 and act as 'des therefor, so as enthe valves are employed for governing turbines, it is of the highly, desirable, as the parts fora given size the pfrtitionbetween the adjacent sections,

utmost importance that all of them be caable of completely shuttinglofi' all of the invidual chambers 6, whic are connected to the nozzles; otherwise the turbine is liable to race when the load is thrown off. Formed on the back of the valve is a rod which connects itwith the motor-piston 12 being larger that the valve and provided with the usual packing-rings to revent leak age. The piston and its cylin er are in line with the valve and are completely inclosed .by the casing, so that packings and glands the latter are obviated. The motors and their controlling-valves are under the control of electrom ets, as will hereinafter appear, and when or any reason the magnets are denergized the main valves controlling the adnussion of steam. to the chambers 6 will automaticallclose. This precaution is ob-- viously a vantageous, since it prevents accidents. The right-hand endo f the cylinder 13 is closed in by a head 14, which carries the secondary valve and the magnet for operating it. This head also acts as a stationary abutment for the compression-spring 15, which tends at all times to close the main or nozzle valve 11. I find that this spring is necessary in order to insure the quick starting of the motor into operation when steam is admitted to its cylinder. When the main valve is wide open, the fluid-pressures on opposite sides of thepiston and valves are balanced, and without the spring the valve could not close; but as soon as the valve moves a certain distance toward its conical seat its balanced condition is upset and the valve quickly closes. These motors are double acting and are so arranged that they utilize the motive fluid from the main chamber 5. In other words, they are connected to the inlet or high-pressure side of the apparatus. The head 14 is bolted or otherwise secured to the valve-casing and is provided with an enlargement which is bored out to receive the tubular extension 16 of the casing 17, the latter forming a part "of the secondary valve mechanismf The lower end of the tubular extension is beveled, so as to make a tight fit with the head around the ports and prevent the escape of steam.

, ture receivin Mounted within the casing and suitably guided is a moving element or actuator 18, aving an enlarged head and downwardlyexten ing portion, the latter being screwthreaded to a stem 19 of the double-acting secondary valve 20. The lower end of the cylindrical extension 16 is provided with a conical valve-seat that is arranged to engage with the upper end of the secondary valve 20. It is also provided with one or more ports or openings 21, which communicate with the passa e 22 and admit live steam or other fluid un er pressure to the back of the motor-piston 12 when it is desired to close the main valve 11. The lower end of the secondary valve is made conical and arranged to seat on a conical surface formed on the plate 14. Communicating with this valve-seat is an exhaust-port 24, which may communicate with atmosphere or with the low-pressure sideof aturbine or other strucsteam. The secondary or motor-control ing valve 20 is double acting that is to sa it is employed to control the admission 0' steam' to the cylinder 13 and also to control the exhaust therefrom to the ports 23 and 24. Situated above the casin 17 is an electromagnet 25, having a cylin rical core 26 and side pole-pieces 27,- which present their ends to the casing. Between the magnet and the casing is a thin non-magnetic plate 28, which prevents the armature from sticking to the pole-pieces. This plate makes a tight fit with the upper end of the casing 17 and in this manner prevents the escape of steam or through the passages 22 and 23. will then move forward under the actlon of other motive fluid which fills the chamber 29 when the parts are in the position shown. The enlarged head of the moving element 18 constitutes an armature for the magnet and is provided with one or more openings, as shown in dotted lines, so as to equalize the pressures above and below it. When .the magnet is energized, the magnetic flux or lines of forcepass through the plate 28 and the head is attracted, which raises the secondary valve 20 and opens the cylinder 13 to the exhaust, at the same time closing it tov the live-steam entrance, thus unbalancing the pressures on the piston 12. The double-acting secondary valve is arranged after the manner of a piston-valve and has a plurality of guides 30 formed on the periphery. Between the guides are slots which communicate with a portion 31 of reduced size. The object of this arrangement is to permit the steam to freely pass the valve under certain conditions. The ends of the valves are made conical and are adapted to en age with conical seats. The upper seat 1s t ormed on the cylindrical extension 16 and the lower seat on the plate 14.

It is to be noted that the main valve and the motor are entirely inclosed and that there are no valve-stems or other parts projecting through the casin requiring packing. t is also to be note that the secondary valve is entirely inclosed. Hence the use i of packings is obviated. These features are important, because they render it possible to reduce the leakage and at the same time decrease the cost of maintenance. This arrangement also lessens the cost of attendance.

The action of each valve is as follows: When the circuit of the magnet is energized, it raises the secondary or motor-controlling valve 20 and cuts off the supply of live steam or other motive fluid to the cylinder 13. At the same time the exhaustport 24 is uncovered, and the fluid remaining in the motorcylinder is permitted to escape through the passage 23. (Shown in dotted lines.) The diameter of the motor-piston 12 being greater than that of the nozz e-valve 11, the latter will automatically 0 en as soon as the pressure on the back of the piston is decreased to a certain extent. As soon as the main valve is opened steam will pass from the main chamber 5 into the small chamber or passage 6, thence to, the nozzle or other device arranged to receive fluid. When for any reason it is desired to cut off the supplyof fluid to one of the chambers, the magnet is denergized, which permits the secondary or m0 tor-controlling valve 20 to drop under the action of gravity or its equivalent and close the exhaust-port 24, at the same time admitting live steam to the motor-cylinder 13 The iston the fluid and the compression-spring 15 and close the main valve, thereby interrupting the supply of fluid to the chamber 6.

It is evident from the foregoing that the secondary valve creates a balanced or unbalanced condition as to pressures on the iston 12, the pressures being balanced, or su stantially so, for closing and unbalanced for openmg.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to re resent the best embodiment thereof; but desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other Ways.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination, a casing havinga valve mounted therein, a mass of magnetic material secured to the valve and located within the casing, a ma et having poles mounted on the outside 0 the casing, which acts on said mass,- and a transversel extending plate of non-magnetic materia located be tween the ends of the magnet-poles and the mass which prevents the escape of fluid.

2. In .combination, a valve, a casing there for, a motor for actuating the valve, the valve and motor being entirel inclosed by the casing, a secondary valve or regulating the admission of fluid to the motor, a mass of magnetic material secured to the secondary valve and in contact with the motive fluid, and a magnet having pole-pieces situated on the outside of the casing and resenting the ends of the poles thereto, the ux or lines of force of which pass through the casing and act on the mass of magnetic material. a

3. In'combination, a valve+casing having a main chamber, a' plurality of secondary chambers opening into the 'main chamber, separately-actuated valves located between the main and secondary chambers for cutting the secondary chambers into and out of service, and means for actuating the valves independently of each other. 7

4. In a valve, the combination of a casing, a main valve mounted therein, a iston and cylinder for opening and closing t e valve, a detachable head which closes in the cylinder, a spring situated between the headand the piston, a double acting secondary valve for creating a balanced or unbalanced condition as to pressures on the piston, seats situated atthe ends of the secondary valve, a mass of magnetic material attached to the secondary valve and supported by the head, a plate of non-magnetic material which covers the said mass and prevents the escape of motive fluid, and a magnet having pole-pieces which resent their ends to the plate so that the UK can pass through it to said mass.

5. In a valve, the combination of a casing,

a valve mounted therein, a piston and a cylinder for moving the valve, a head for closing the cylinder which is provided with a projec tion or enlargement, a secondary valve-casing having a tubular extension which is mounted in the enlargement, a secondary valve, a seat formed on the extension for the secondary valve, an actuator for the valve which asses through the extension, and means or moving the actuator.

6. In a valve, the combination of a casing,

a valve mounted therein, a piston and a cylinder for moving the valve, a means for closing in one end of the cylinder, a double-acting secondary valve mounted in said means, a valve-stem having an enlargement made of magnetic material at one end, a non-magnetic plate which covers the enlargement and prevents the escape of steam, an electromagnet resting on the plate, and pole-pieces for the magnet which present their ends to said plate and the enlargement.

7. In combination, a valve-casing containing a main chamber and a plurality of secondary chambers or passages, individual motor-operated valves located between the main and secondary chambers which control the passage of fluid from the main to the several secondary chambers or passages, relay or secondary valves for controlling the motor operated valves, and means for operating the relay or secondary valves in any predetermined manner.

8. Incombination, a valve-casing having a main chamber, a plurality of secondary chambers opening into the main chamber, separately-actuated valves located between the main and secondary chambers for cutting the latter into and out of communication with the main chamber, and magnets controlling the opening and closing of the valves, which are arranged to permit the valves to close when the continuity of their circuits is interrupted.

9; In combination, a valve-casing, a partition therein which divides the casing into main and secondary chambers, other partitions which divide the secondary chamber into a plurality of small individual chambers or lpassages, a number of separately-actuated va ves located between t e main and the small auxiliary chambers or passages for controlling the flow of fluid from one to the other,

and means for controlling the valves.

pistons, heads for the cylinders which are 5 sup orted by the casing, and means for contro g the operation of the valves. 11. The combination of a casing, a main valve therein, a cylinder formed one of the walls of the: casing, a head-for thecylinder, a piston guidedby the cylinder and connected to the valve for actuating it, conduits for admitting fluid-pressure from the casing to the space between the piston-and head and for exhausting it therefrom, a double-seated secondary valvein said head for controllingsaid conduits, and an actuator for the secondary valve.

12. The combination of a casing, a-mai'n valve therein, a motor for actuating the valve comprising a piston-and'cylinder, a chambered head for the cylinder which forms therewith a fluid-tight space behind the piston, conduits connecting the casing with the space-behind the iston by way of the chamber in the head f dr admitting fluid-pressure to and exhausting it from said space, a secondary valve provided with conical seat-engaging ends for controlling said conduits and arranged in the chamber'of'the head to be removable therewith, and an actuator forthe valve which is supported'bythe head and is removable therewith.

13. The combination of a valve-casing having a single admission-chamber and aplueaaeee rality-of discharge-chambers, valves corresponding-in number to the discharge-chambers for controlling communication between them and the admission-chamber, an independent motor foreach valve comprisin 'a fluid-actuated piston and a cylinder there or, a'removable head for each cylinder, a fluidcontrolling valve for each cylinder located in the head of the latter, and an electromagnet carried by and removable with each head for actuating the controlling-valve located within the same.

14. Thecombination of'a--casing,-a main valve therein, a motor for actuating the valve comprising a piston and cylinder, a secondary mechanism for controlling the fluid-pres sure acting on the piston, and a head for the cylinder which entlrely supports the secondary mechanism and is removable therewith.

In'witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 28th day of April, 1903.

OSCAR JUNGGREN. Witnesses:

ALEX. F. (MACDONALD, *HELEN ORFORD. 

